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PCMA applauds FDA attempts to stop prescription drug price-fixing

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jun 4, 2017
Generic medications provide a lower cost alternative to consumers.

The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) released a statement in support of the Food and Drug Commissioner’s call to publish a list of off-patent drugs that may be vulnerable to price-fixing. Read More »

BioPharma Services passes trio of FDA inspections

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jun 4, 2017
The company has clinical facilities in Canada and the United States that can accommodate 250 patients.

BioPharma Services Inc. recently passed three Food and Drug Administration inspections without a single Form 483 being issued. Read More »

Merck's HIV drug receives preliminary European approval

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jun 2, 2017
Patients who weigh at least 88 pounds should take two of the tablets once a day.

Merck has received approval from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency for ISENTRESS, a 600 mg. tablet coated in film and paired with other anti-retroviral prescriptions for those who have been diagnosed HIV-1. Read More »

FDA to review Aptiom for children who experience seizures

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jun 2, 2017
The FDA decision could come up with a decision as soon as Sept. 13 under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act.

The FDA says it is willing to look into and evaluate a drug that could help treat children who suffer from seizures. Read More »

FDA posts documents for Puma Biotech's briefing on PB272

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 30, 2017
The ODAC meeting covered PB272 (neratinib), which is an adjuvant treatment for HER2-positive early stage breast cancer.

Puma Biologics reports the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has posted the documents that were used for briefing at the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) May 24. Read More »

Abbott's RealTime Zika Test approved for use in U.S.

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 27, 2017
The test can distinguish Zika from other viruses such as dengue or chikungunya.

Abbott recently announced that its molecular test, the Abbott RealTime Zika Test, has been authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Read More »

FDA approves first subcutaneous treatment for giant cell arteritis

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 27, 2017
A majority of the patients who received subcutaneous Actemra with regular prednisone regimens and a lower dosage did achieve the goal.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has permitted the use of subcutaneous Actemra (tocilizumab) to assist adults who are receiving treatment for giant cell arteritis. Read More »

EMED Technologies' SCIg60 Infusion System attains FDA approval

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 26, 2017
EMED's is the first Immune Globulin Subcutaneous (Human) mechanical pump infusion system to be approved.

EMED Technologies Corp.'s SCIg60 Infusion System is the first Immune Globulin Subcutaneous (Human) mechanical pump infusion system to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

Bayer receives priority review for lymphoma drug

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 26, 2017
The data that was submitted with the application was from a Phase II open-label, single-arm CHRONOS-1 study.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given Bayer a priority review for its New Drug Application for copanlisib, a drug to be used for relapses of refractory follicular lymphoma in individuals who have had a minimum of two therapies. Read More »

Amgen presents new medication for migraines

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 25, 2017
The study took into account 2,600 patients suffering from migraines.

Amgen announced May 18 a Biologics License Application which they submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a migraine prevention medication. Read More »

Kalydeco approved to treat new cystic fibrosis strands

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 21, 2017
Kalydeco can now treat up to 33 CF mutations.

The drug Kalydeco was recently approved to treat additional case of gene mutations in cystic fibrosis patients, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported on May 17 in a press release. Read More »

FDA approves pediatric leukemia drug from Abon Pharmaceuticals

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 21, 2017
Clofarabine Injection is Abon Pharmaceuticals' third product to receive a patent.

The FDA recently approved Abon Pharmaceuticals' Abbreviated New Drug Application for its Clofarabine Injection as a treatment for pediatric patients who suffer from relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a deadly cancer disease. Read More »

FDA approves Zimmer Biomet Holdings' Gel-One product

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 18, 2017
Zimmer Biomet is a leader in musculoskeltal health care.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings' Gel-One Cross-linked Hyaluronate has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

FDA approves Siliq for adults with psoriasis

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 17, 2017
Siliq is administered as an injection.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Siliq (brodalumab) as a treatment for adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. Read More »

ALS Association applauds Radicava approval

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 13, 2017
Radicava (edaravone) is the first ALS drug to be approved specifically for treatment of the disease since 1995.

The first new drug approved specifically to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly referred to a Lou Gehrig’s Disease, in over two decades was approved in less than a year, thanks in large part to the FDA working in conjunction with Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. and the ALS Association. Read More »

FDA approves Lucentis to treat diabetic retinopathy

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 13, 2017
Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness among working-age adults in the U.S.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Genentech's Lucentis as a treatment for all forms of diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness among working age adults in the country. Read More »

BAVENCIO receives FDA approval for advanced bladder cancer treatment

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 12, 2017
Advanced UC has a high recurrence rate, and overall the five-year survival rate is approximately 5 percent.

EMD Serono has received Food and Drug Administration approval of BAVENCIO (avelumab) as a treatment for locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma. Read More »

Analyst argues PBMs help keep drug prices down

John Breslin | May 9, 2017
Two bills, one in the House and one in the Senate, centering on the transparency of PBMs have been filed ths year.

Pharmacy benefit managers should be praised for helping to keep down the cost of prescription drugs, rather than attacked by Congress and others, according to one health policy adviser. Read More »

FDA accepts Mylan's application for MYL-1401H

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 6, 2017
The proposed drug will add to the company’s expansive oncology portfolio.

Mylan's Biologics License Application for MYL-1401H, a proposed biosimilar to Neulasta (pegfilgrastim), has been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

AbbVie's eight-week Viekirax + Exviera program gets positive reviews

American Pharmacy News Reports | May 6, 2017
The Viekirax + Exviera treatment is approved as a 12-week treatment in the European Union for GT1b chronic HCV-infected patients.

AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company, recently announced its Viekirax + Exviera eight-week treatment program has been granted a positive opinion by the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency. Read More »

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